Bill Gallo was one of the greatest newspaper cartoonists ever. And I think his career might hold some sort of record as one of the longest for a major newspaper.
Anyone alive in this town who remembers the many years when the New York Mets held sole possession of last place in the National League, and were known as the "cellar dwellers," will fondly remember Gallo's cartoon creation, Basement Bertha.
A respected, legendary name in New York City, and it really will be hard to think of the NY Daily News - or New York City, for that matter - without him.
RIP
Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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